SHAPHARI SCHEME – UPSC Daily Important Topic | 12 October 2021

SHAPHARI SCHEME

Topic: Economic of Animal rearing

Commerce Ministry wants to build confidence in quality, antibiotic-free shrimp products from India for the global market.

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  • The Marine Product Exports Development Authority (MPEDA) has developed a certification scheme for aquaculture products called “shaphari”.
  • Shaphari – a sanskrit word that means the superior quality of fishery products.
  • The Shaphari scheme is based on the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organizations technical guidelines.
  • Have two components – certifying hatcheries for the quality of their seeds and approving shrimp forms that adopt the requirite good practices.
  • Certification of hatcheries will help formers identify good quality seed producers.
  • Those who clear multiple audits of their operations shall be granted certificate for a period of two years.
  • The entire certification process will be online to minimize human errors.
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